Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Tuning in…

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Columbia Symphony Orchestra — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

Chosen over the decades

Total castaways

1980s

Peak decade

Decades seen

Castaways who chose this

Robin Cousins
How yawning helped Robin Cousins release competition nerves
Castaway · 3 January 1981Roy Plomley
Claudio Abbado
Claudio Abbado on deciding to become a conductor at age seven after hearing his first concert at La Scala
Castaway · 9 February 1980Roy Plomley

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

How a fan told Derek Oldham he went to school with her mother

Castaway · 12 September 1966Roy Plomley